A Muslim sheik told worshipers Friday at Jerusalem’s Al-Aksa Mosque to guard against attacks from Jewish extremists. The comments came after the recent arrests of two Jewish extremists who allegedly planned to throw a pig onto the Temple Mount, where the mosque is located, and during the first days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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